Johnny Holliday will be honored for his 35 years of broadcasting Maryland sports.

Holliday started calling Terps games in 1979.

During an appearance on Sportsline this week, Holliday still recalls a Jerry Claiborne-coached win over Villanova as his first football broadcast and menÆs basketball, then coached by Lefty Driesell, beating Maryland-Eastern Shore in his first broadcast for that team.

Among the more than 1,250 football and basketball games Holliday has called for the Terps are 12 bowl games, 10 Sweet 16s, two Final Fours and the 2002 menÆs basketball national championship.

Holliday also had a long career with ABC Radio. He currently hosts the Washington Nationals pregame and postgame shows on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN).